Portugal 2023/24 - grants and loans

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Country: Portugal
Date of publication: 2025
Grants - note: Need- and merit-based grants, no loans
Need-based grant (euro): min 872 - most common 872 - max 5,982
Merit-based grant (euro): 3,800

Student grants

Need-based grants are available to home students, both full-time and part-time, and refugees can exceptionally receive them too. Merit-based grants are open to home and international students, full-time and part-time. There is no age limit for getting a grant.

In 2023/24 need-based grants ranged from EUR 872 to EUR 5,982 a year, with EUR 872 as the most common amount. Merit-based grants amounted to EUR 3,800.

Loans

There are no publicly subsidised student loans.

Source: Eurydice, National Student Fee and Support Systems in European Higher Education – reference year 2023/24 (data published in 2025). Amounts in EUR per year for home, full-time students; country details as described by Eurydice. Earlier editions: 2013/14, 2015/16 and 2016/17. The United Kingdom no longer takes part in Eurydice, so its entries end in 2016/17.

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